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xxviii.] hellenic remains near temenia. Ill
ANCIENT WALLS OF HYRTAKINA.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE SITE AND EXISTING RUINS OF HYRTAKINA.
April 30.
The morning; is beautiful as usual: the weather has
long been quite invariable. We leave the village of
Temenia at half past five, and are nearly half an hour
in reaching the summit of the hill to the south, on the
top of which I yesterday learnt that there are Hellenic
remains: I find all my hopes fully realized.
To the south of this ancient site the extremity is
narrow and precipitous: the ascent on the eastern side
is also so steep that one looks not to find walls there.
Along the south-western and western sides, however,
considerable remains of the ancient walls still exist:
their height above the ground varies from two to five
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ANCIENT WALLS OF HYRTAKINA.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE SITE AND EXISTING RUINS OF HYRTAKINA.
April 30.
The morning; is beautiful as usual: the weather has
long been quite invariable. We leave the village of
Temenia at half past five, and are nearly half an hour
in reaching the summit of the hill to the south, on the
top of which I yesterday learnt that there are Hellenic
remains: I find all my hopes fully realized.
To the south of this ancient site the extremity is
narrow and precipitous: the ascent on the eastern side
is also so steep that one looks not to find walls there.
Along the south-western and western sides, however,
considerable remains of the ancient walls still exist:
their height above the ground varies from two to five
h 2